The lives of galaxies can be extended if their supermassive black holes provide them with "hearts and lungs" to keep them "breathing" and prevent them from getting too big.That's the…
A bright quasar powered by a supermassive black hole shoots out radiation that pushes clouds of gas into its surroundings to generate winds reaching speeds of about 36 million miles…
It's somewhat of a myth that black holes pull everything inward. Much of the matter that falls toward the black hole is actually spit back out, thanks to powerful magnetic…
M. Kornmesser/ESO An artist's illustration shows a massive black hole as it wakes up at the center of a distant galaxy. The black hole pulls in an accreting disk of…
Artist's animation of the black hole at the center of SDSS1335+0728 waking up in real time - a first for astronomers. In December 2019, astronomers were surprised to observe a…
Michigan State University (MSU) researchers have made groundbreaking discoveries about the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). Using a decade…
Astronomers spotted flares and echoes coming from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). These "cosmic fireworks" and X-ray echoes can help…
Galaxies are made up of a variety of astronomical objects, including black holes, planets, and stars. At the core of a galaxy is a supermassive black hole (SMBH), one of…
These images of the Andromeda Galaxy use data from NASA's retired Spitzer Space Telescope. Multiple wavelengths are shown in the image above, revealing stars, dust, and star-forming regions. The bottom…
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